Post #237052 by ikitnrev on Fri, Jun 9, 2006 8:23 PM

There is a current show of Covarrubias's work in D.C., on display until July 7th, (2006) I have not visited it yet, but plan to do so soon. I believe the exhibit is only on display on weekdays during regular business hours.

Here is the relevant info

May 3-July 7:
Cultural Institute of Mexico
2829 16th St. NW
Washington, DC

• Information: 202-728-1675
• Price: Free

Editorial Review
The Institute's first-floor galleries focus mainly on Covarrubias' black-and-white carciatures. Benny Goodman, Joe Louis and Walt Disney are among those skewered by the artist's pen in these line drawings.

Upstairs, the exhibit busts into color with some of Covarrubias' anthropological works from Bali (where he traveled with his wife Rosa) and his expressive works from Harlem jazz clubs. The exhibit moves on to showcase facsimilies of Covarrubias' well-known carcicatures from Vanity Fair. The "Impossibile Interview" series is the highlight of the Vanity Fair work. In these drawings, the artist and writer Corey Ford imagined a conversation between such wild personalities as Joseph Stalin and John D. Rockefeller Sr.

Also on view are books that Covarrubias illustrated and documentary films about the artist's life.

Vern